noun
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a person who pays
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the person named in a commercial paper as responsible for its payment on redemption
Etymology
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Example Sentences
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But the merged company will now need all the cash flow it can muster to service a substantial debt load, so it is unlikely to fully turn away from the biggest payer in town.
“We felt very confident that the Supreme Court would rule in favor of the tariff payers,” said Matthew Hamilton, managing principal of Fulcrum, which he said is in talks to purchase more claims.
As a higher rate tax payer with a Plan 2 loan, he said the change costs him around £80 a week.
From BBC
Old-school dividend payers with lots of physical assets are back in fashion in today’s uncertain environment.
Investors who favor the market’s most reliable dividend payers have had to show a lot of patience lately.
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